Tag Archives: cardiovascular diseases

In a toast to Mediterranean diet, a study by researchers of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine proves that weight loss programs that provide healthy fats, such as olive oil in the Arab diet, or a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet have similar impacts on pound-shedding. To be precise, the researchers hit upon a meal plan rich in walnuts, ...

In a rare case, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl has been diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, making her one of the youngest people ever detected with the disease. Type 2 diabetes is linked to poor diet and obesity. It is most common among the middle-aged and elderly people, but in the last few years type 2 diabetes have taken lives of poor children. ...

Are you sure that your blood sugar is in control? There are about 8.1 million diabetes cases which go undiagnosed every year. Joy Bauer, a nutrition expert, has suggested to start with incorporating some of the simple lifestyle changes, like monitoring blood glucose levels, taking medication as directed by doctors, maintaining a healthy weight, aiming for at least 30 minutes ...

How would you feel if one medicine meant to cure one disease cures another as well? A new study by German and Dutch scientists has asserted that diabetic drug “Metformin” not only cures diabetes, but also reduces LDL cholesterol that is firmly believed to endorse cardiovascular diseases by triggering atherosclerosis. The study was performed by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen ...

Ever wonder why you are obese or suffer from cardiovascular disease(s) even after following a proper diet? A new study led by an Indian scientist says that poor diet followed by the ancestors is to be blamed for. Anandwardhan A. Hardikar, the associate professor at the University of Sydney along with associates from the National Centre for Cell Science, KEM ...

If you’re a smoker then you should know how much is too much. A new study says that the non smokers around you can develop 30 percent increased risk of having stroke, owing to smoking. Photo Credit: Paolo Neo Angela M Malek from the Department of Public Health Sciences of Medical University of South Carolina along with her colleagues initiated a ...

Since the olden days herbal therapy has always been popular in India. Before such modern techniques came into prominence, almost all the Indians depended on them for curing diseases. And now, an Indian scientist has put forward the advantages of herbal therapy in averting hypertrophy in a new study. Mahesh Gupta, who is the director of the Cardiac Cell Biology ...

Recently studies have reiterted that fact that poor sleep disorder may double the risk of heart attacks, while increasing the risk of a stroke by four times. If they are single or less educated, the chances are even more, said researchers. Heart attack or myocardial infarction is 2 to 2.6 times higher and a stroke risk would transform from 1.5 ...